squatter

IPA: skwˈɑtɝ

One who squats, sits down idly.
One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.
(Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land.
(Philippines) A poor vagrant; an illegal informal settler; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
(Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner.
(informal) A squat toilet.

Examples of "squatter" in Sentences

People in squatter cities pay about $75.00 per year for kerosene.
Our collective priority for the near term must be to evict the Crawford squatter from the White House.
Creating cell and house churches builds on existing social and family networks in squatter communities.
More than 1.3 million Haitians live in squatter camps, facing disgruntled landowners and violent evictions, with no international or government plan to move or house them.
Additional benefits are bringing employment to people in squatter cities, recycling lots of electronic components and creating economic development where it is needed most.